There is precedent for Apple actively helping US spies: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/apple... https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ip...
Summary: Apple apparently helped Bechtel (a nuclear security contractor contracted to USG) build a one-off spy device out of an iPod in 2005 -- Bechtel provided hardware mod, Apple provided technical support for developers adding a buried menu item to iPod software to enable/disable the device, suggested to possibly be a Geiger counter and also advised where the data might be inconspicuously stored on the hdd.
> Bechtel (a nuclear security contractor contracted to USG)
It is funny how this company makes everything, from highways to nuclear reactors.